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06-15-2012, 01:49 PM
Vagina remarks, silencing of Michigan lawmakers draws firestorm online
What started out as a debate in the Michigan House of Representatives spilled out to the Web yesterday. And while state Reps. Lisa Brown of West Bloomfield and Barb Byrum of Onondaga were banned from speaking by the Republican leadership, that didn’t stop pundits and bloggers from chiming in.
Naomi McAuliffe writes for The Guardian:
“Apparently, when discussing a medical procedure, it's not really appropriate to use medical words. Well not about lady bits anyway. It makes me wonder what euphemisms would be acceptable. "Will the representative get his hand out of the otter's pocket?" "Can the honorable gentleman refrain from trespassing in the lady cave?"”
Allison Yarrow from the Daily Beast writes:
“Brown said that the Republican leadership did not tell her why she was banned. In her brief floor remarks Wednesday, she also explained that as a Jewish woman, she chooses to keep kosher in her home, and that she also abided by the Jewish tenet dating back to the biblical era that “abortions performed in order to preserve the life of the mother are not only permissible, but mandatory.” ”
http://www.freep.com/article/20120615/BLOG36/120615034/vagina-Michigan-House-Representatives-Lisa-Brown-Barb-Byrum-abortion?odyssey=tab
Now I know why they spend so much time creating Laws over it :afro:
What started out as a debate in the Michigan House of Representatives spilled out to the Web yesterday. And while state Reps. Lisa Brown of West Bloomfield and Barb Byrum of Onondaga were banned from speaking by the Republican leadership, that didn’t stop pundits and bloggers from chiming in.
Naomi McAuliffe writes for The Guardian:
“Apparently, when discussing a medical procedure, it's not really appropriate to use medical words. Well not about lady bits anyway. It makes me wonder what euphemisms would be acceptable. "Will the representative get his hand out of the otter's pocket?" "Can the honorable gentleman refrain from trespassing in the lady cave?"”
Allison Yarrow from the Daily Beast writes:
“Brown said that the Republican leadership did not tell her why she was banned. In her brief floor remarks Wednesday, she also explained that as a Jewish woman, she chooses to keep kosher in her home, and that she also abided by the Jewish tenet dating back to the biblical era that “abortions performed in order to preserve the life of the mother are not only permissible, but mandatory.” ”
http://www.freep.com/article/20120615/BLOG36/120615034/vagina-Michigan-House-Representatives-Lisa-Brown-Barb-Byrum-abortion?odyssey=tab
Now I know why they spend so much time creating Laws over it :afro: